diff --git a/modules/util/abi_surfrad.py b/modules/util/abi_surfrad.py
index a3c200b7b478f638b9851d0d95486d727e557aaf..182ccacd4df4d21e5f52fe04cb638da0711bcde0 100644
--- a/modules/util/abi_surfrad.py
+++ b/modules/util/abi_surfrad.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def run_all(directory, out_directory, day_night='ANY', pattern='clavrx_*.nc', st
     total_num_not_missing = 0
 
     for idx, data_f in enumerate(valid_files):
-        if idx % 4 == 0:  # if we want to skip some files
+        if idx % 3 == 0:  # if we want to skip some files
             try:
                 h5f = h5py.File(data_f, 'r')
             except:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def run_all(directory, out_directory, day_night='ANY', pattern='clavrx_*.nc', st
             if len(data_tiles_m) == 0:
                 continue
 
-            if (f_cnt % 40) == 0:
+            if (f_cnt % 100) == 0:
                 num_valid_samples = 0
                 if len(data_tiles_m) > 0:
                     valid_i = np.stack(data_tiles_i)